diff --git a/language-configuration.json b/language-configuration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bddd5ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/language-configuration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{
+    "comments": {
+        // symbol used for single line comment. Remove this entry if your language does not support line comments
+        "lineComment": "# "
+        // symbols used for start and end a block comment. Remove this entry if your language does not support block comments
+        //"blockComment": [ "# ", "\n" ]
+    },
+    // symbols used as brackets
+    "brackets": [
+        ["{", "}"],
+        ["[", "]"],
+        ["(", ")"]
+    ],
+    // symbols that are auto closed when typing
+    "autoClosingPairs": [
+        ["{", "}"],
+        ["[", "]"],
+        ["(", ")"],
+        ["\"", "\""],
+        ["'", "'"]
+    ],
+    // symbols that can be used to surround a selection
+    "surroundingPairs": [
+        ["{", "}"],
+        ["[", "]"],
+        ["(", ")"],
+        ["\"", "\""],
+        ["'", "'"],
+        ["`", "`"]
+    ],
+    "wordPattern": "(-?\\d*\\.\\d\\w*)|([^\\`\\~\\!\\@\\#\\%\\^\\&\\*\\(\\)\\-\\=\\+\\[\\{\\]\\}\\\\\\|\\;\\:\\'\\\"\\,\\.\\<\\>\\/\\?\\s]+)"
+}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a2af946..f91075a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -334,6 +334,17 @@
 					}
 				}
 			}
-		]
+		],
+		"languages": [{
+            "id": "boxr",
+            "aliases": ["CommandBox Recipe", "boxr"],
+            "extensions": ["boxr"],
+            "configuration": "./language-configuration.json"
+        }],
+        "grammars": [{
+            "language": "boxr",
+            "scopeName": "source.boxr",
+            "path": "./src/syntaxes/boxr.tmLanguage.json"
+        }]
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/syntaxes/boxr.tmLanguage.json b/src/syntaxes/boxr.tmLanguage.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a84a230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/syntaxes/boxr.tmLanguage.json
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+	"$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/martinring/tmlanguage/master/tmlanguage.json",
+	"name": "CommandBox Recipe",
+	"patterns": [
+		{
+			"include": "#keywords"
+		},
+		{
+			"include": "#strings"
+		}
+	],
+	"repository": {
+		"keywords": {
+			"patterns": [
+				{
+					"name": "keyword.command.boxr",
+					"match": "\\b(exit|assertEqual|assertTrue|audit|browse|cat|cd|cfformat|cflint|cfml|checksum|clear|cp|delete|dir|echo|edit|execute|fixinator|forEach|help|history|info|mkdir|mv|norris|pathExists|prompt|pwd|quit|recipe|repl|run|scan-package|sed|sort|system-colors|system-log|tail|tokenReplace|touch|unique|upgrade|version|artifacts|cachebox|cfconfig|chuck|coldbox|config|contentbox|endpoint|env|forgebox|fr|fusionreactor|game|githooks|java|logbox|package|propertyFile|server|task|testbox|utils|wirebox)\\b"
+
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "keyword.function.boxr",
+					"match": "\\b(#\\w)\\b"
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "comment.line.boxr",
+					"match": "# .*"
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "keyword.function.boxr",
+					"match": "#[a-zA-Z]+"
+				},
+				{
+					"name": "keyword.variable.boxr",
+					"match": "\\$\\{(.*)\\}"
+				}
+			]
+		},
+		"strings": {
+			"name": "string.quoted.double.boxr",
+			"begin": "\"",
+			"end": "\"",
+			"patterns": [
+				{
+					"name": "constant.character.escape.boxr",
+					"match": "\\\\."
+				}
+			]
+		}
+	},
+	"scopeName": "source.boxr"
+}
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